18Job 18

1Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:Select Job 18:1

2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.Select Job 18:2

3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?Select Job 18:3

4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?Select Job 18:4

5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?Select Job 18:5

6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.Select Job 18:6

7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.Select Job 18:7

8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.Select Job 18:8

9The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.Select Job 18:9

10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.Select Job 18:10

11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.Select Job 18:11

12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.Select Job 18:12

13Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.Select Job 18:13

14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.Select Job 18:14

15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.Select Job 18:15

16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.Select Job 18:16

17Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.Select Job 18:17

18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.Select Job 18:18

19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.Select Job 18:19

20They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.Select Job 18:20

21These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.Select Job 18:21